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Heavy floods that washed away homes and infrastructure in May 2014 also shifted thousands of landmines across large areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, threatening residents and recovery efforts.
With US$2 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response...

The United Nations humanitarian chief, Valerie Amos, has allocated some US$100 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost life-saving relief work in Syria and 11 other countries where humanitarian needs are high but financial support is low...

January 2004, West Aceh, Indonesia. Credit: IRIN/Jefri Aries
UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos on the lessons learned from the response to 2004’s Indian Ocean Tsunami.
This piece was originally published on the ODI blog Development Progress.
Ten years ago when...

Donors gathered at the annual UN central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) High-Level Conference this week to pledge $418.6 million in support of life-saving relief efforts around the world in 2015.
“CERF is one of the most effective tools we have to help people...